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Iris Origo Marchesa of Val D'Orcia
by [Origo]. Moorehead, Caroline
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Boston: David R. Godine, 2002. 8vo. 230 x 155 mm., [9 x 6 inches]. [viii], 373 [1] pp. Illustrated with a frontispiece portrait and 24 black and white illustrations in the text. Bound in white linen cloth spine over blue paper boards, dust jacket. Near fine copy.
First American edition. Award winning biography of Iris Origo, daughter of Anglo American parents, brought up in England and America by her grandparents, and wife of a minor Italian aristocrat. The story covers her early years as a privileged young girl, her education, her marriage to Antonio Origo, her move to the Val d'Orcia and the reconstruction of her estate La Foce before and during the War years. Of particular importance was her and Antonio's navigation of mine field of the Italian facism and coming war. The biography is based on unpublished letters, diaries, and papers and is considered a definitive work on Origo's life and provides a vivid account of Italy during the war years.
First American edition. Award winning biography of Iris Origo, daughter of Anglo American parents, brought up in England and America by her grandparents, and wife of a minor Italian aristocrat. The story covers her early years as a privileged young girl, her education, her marriage to Antonio Origo, her move to the Val d'Orcia and the reconstruction of her estate La Foce before and during the War years. Of particular importance was her and Antonio's navigation of mine field of the Italian facism and coming war. The biography is based on unpublished letters, diaries, and papers and is considered a definitive work on Origo's life and provides a vivid account of Italy during the war years.
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- Title
- Iris Origo Marchesa of Val D'Orcia
- Author
- [Origo]. Moorehead, Caroline
- Book Condition
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- Publisher
- David R. Godine
- Place of Publication
- Boston
- Date Published
- 2002
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De Simone Company is presently offering rare books, manuscripts, illustrated books, broadsides, and ephemera documenting American history during the 19th century. We encourage you to visit our website where you will find numerous catalogues listing our offering. Visit www.desimonecompanybooksellers.com.De Simone Company also specializes in early Italian books and manuscripts, mostly in the fields of social science, history, antiquarian bibliography and illustrated books. The Company has a particular interest in books, manuscripts, ephemera printed in, or about, the history of Ferrara, Italy and is always interested in purchasing book on the subject.In January of 2017, Daniel De Simone retired from the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D. C as the Eric Weinmann Librarian, where he directed the operations of the Central Library. De Simone came to the Folger from the Library of Congress after serving as the Curator of the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection in the Rare Book and Special Collections Division for 14 years.Before his appointment as Rosenwald Curator in 2000, he operated his own New York based bookselling business for 22 years. Since retirement he has begun bookselling once again and is again a member of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America and the International League of Antiquarian Booksellers. He is also a member of the Grolier Club, NY, the Association Internationale de Bibliophile, Paris, and the Print Council of America.
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